ICC Test Championship

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We have a mountain to climb. :frowning:

**ICC Test Championship **](http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2003/APR/167813_ICC_09APR2003.html)

Australia can move back to the top of the ICC Test Championship if it wins the Cable and Wireless series against West Indies which begins on Thursday 10th April.

Having asserted its dominance of the One-Day International game last month by retaining the ICC Cricket World Cup without losing a match, Australia can now focus on overhauling South Africa at the top of the Test rankings.

A series win for Australia will boost its points tally to 21 from 13 series, taking its average up to 1.62 which is crucially 0.03 higher than South Africa’s current average.

West Indies currently lies seventh in the ICC Test Championship with an average of 0.88. If Brian Lara’s team can win the series it will boost this average to 0.94, taking West Indies above India to sixth place in the table.

The last time Australia toured the Caribbean in 1999 the series was drawn 2-2. A tie this time around will see both sides retain their current positions in the table.

ICC Test Championship Table, 9th April 2003




 
    Team         Played Won Lost Drawn Points Average
South Africa       17   13    3    1     27     1.59
Australia          13    9    2    2     20     1.54
New Zealand        17    8    5    4     20     1.18 
Sri Lanka          16    8    6    2     18     1.13 
England            16    6    6    4     16     1.00 
India              15    5    6    4     14     0.93 
West Indies        17    7    9    1     15     0.88 
Pakistan           16    4    8    4     12     0.75 
Zimbabwe           16    3   11    2      8     0.50 
Bangladesh          7    -    7    -      0      -

Mike Procter from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Referees will officiate in all four matches. Asoka de Silva and Rudi Koertzen will be the on-field umpires in the first two Tests, David Shepherd and Srinivas Venkataraghaven will stand in the final matches. All four are members of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires.

Media note:

**At a meeting in Johannesburg 22nd March, the ICC Board agreed a new format for the ICC Test Championship which recognises the rewards and result of each Test match played.

The new system will be introduced from the beginning of June and further details will be announced prior to this official launch date. **

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Re: ICC Test Championship

Pakistan is 8th??? :eek: We need to play Bangladesh and Zimbabwe to boost our number :smash:

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And Kenya needs to become a test playing nation. Then we can play them as well. :smiley:

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Problem in test is that Pakistan is always trying to win it, and other team is always trying to draw the match. So at the end, Pak loses.:( :)

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Dont worry that will change soon, Especially if this new team starts to click.

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Other way of looking at it is...It cant get worst than this.. ;)

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Hahaha... gosh! this is hilarious... this whole test ranking. Aray koi ICC walon ko bolay... Umair or teaser ka wasta day ke .... kuch tau ooper karr dein Pakistan ko.

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*Originally posted by allah_ka_banda: *
Other way of looking at it is...It cant get worst than this.. ;)
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It can get worse, We are not at the bottom but will be if we start acting complacent even though we are 8th.

Luckily the guys in charge realise this and have some plans which hopefully should pay off and bring Pakistan towards the upper side of this ranking table.

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gosh :eek: kiwis are smart! Tailor some pitches and climb the ladder up :snooty:

I think India should act a nice host in coming series and welcome them with some ‘suitable’ pitches for them :wink:

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*Originally posted by Faisal: *
Hahaha... gosh! this is hilarious... this whole test ranking. Aray koi ICC walon ko bolay... Umair or teaser ka wasta day ke .... kuch tau ooper karr dein Pakistan ko.
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No mater what I still stand confident for my team that they can beat India. Too bad you don't have the confidence feel sorry for you :)

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*Originally posted by teaser: *

No mater what I still stand confident for my team that they can beat India. Too bad you don't have the confidence feel sorry for you :)
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Over confidence ;)

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inshallah it will change soon

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Ha Ha man you are funny, just because your team plays pathetically in a tour doesn’t mean the pitches were made for the kiwi batsman. Afterall they also had to bat on those pitches, but at the end of the day, they outclassed the great self proclaimed best batting lineup in the world.

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*Originally posted by The_Indian_teen: *

Over confidence ;)
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Then lets have a show down and find out who is over and under ;)

Oh BTW I am talking about series of best of 3 or 5 not every after 4 years 1 game :)

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Like we used to have in Toronto :snooty:

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PAK touring India, India touring PAK. ek tu tumhay samjhana bohat parta hai

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*Originally posted by UMAIR316: *

Ha Ha man you are funny, just because your team plays pathetically in a tour doesn't mean the pitches were made for the kiwi batsman. Afterall they also had to bat on those pitches, but at the end of the day, they outclassed the great self proclaimed best batting lineup in the world.
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Ohh you opened my eyes brother :p Btw read comments abt the series on internet :D there are plenty of em ;) and especially Kiwi media; they have plenty in praise of pitches.

And then yeah the self proclaimation of Indian batting extends to their very own cricketing pundits from all over the world.

take it easy !

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sorry teaser bhaiya :rotato: ab thik hai ! Han yeh achha rahega. lekin Toronto me kya kharabi hai :konfused: hamare ghar ke pas hai :slight_smile:

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Yeahi to kharabi hai ke wo tumharay ghar ke pas hai :slight_smile: j/k

We r talking about TEST not ODI that might clear up

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*Originally posted by teaser: *
Oh BTW I am talking about series of best of 3 or 5 not every after 4 years 1 game
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Kyon ?? If you are good and so confident, you should beat us in every game.